Chapter 313: Twisted Work
After the official media took action, 'Tian Shang Zhi Xi' truly broke out of the circle. Not only did the number of views of the newly uploaded videos skyrocket, but he also received an invitation to Liu Dehua's concert in Shanghai.
Although he was only responsible for warming up the audience before the official performance, this was already a huge breakthrough compared to the past.
Even Lee Soo-man made a special call to express his gratitude to Xu Kun and LeTV.
The biggest beneficiaries of this hype are undoubtedly the duo of Xu Kun and Tian Shang Zhixi, but "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" also benefited from it, and most reports would mention the name of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
The Sixth Princess was also quite satisfied with this. When they chose Xu Kun, not only was they dissatisfied with the Hong Kong people's "clique-bound" mentality, but they also wanted to use Xu Kun's fame to promote this project.
Now that their wish has come true, they have even added an unprecedented 500,000 yuan to the special effects budget.
This amount of money is just a drop in the bucket.
Fortunately, Zhang Jin's own martial arts foundation can offset a lot of expenses, and Zhou Yi's martial arts team is not exaggerated. The martial arts moves they designed are both smart and beautiful.
Xu Kun personally went on stage to experience it, and was full of praise for Zhou Yi's martial arts choreography - he had invited two groups of martial arts directors for "Heavenly Sword" at the beginning, but their performance could not match Zhou Yi's.
As soon as he finished rehearsing the routine designed by Zhou Yi, Huang Bin hurriedly offered a towel and sour plum soup, and at the same time flattered him: "Director Xu, your kung fu is not inferior to Wu Ying's at all!"
Zhang Jin also echoed: "Director Xu's speed and strength are rare among free-fighting fighters. If we really fight, I may not be Director Xu's opponent."
"Don't flatter me. If you use weapons, I will be a waste."
Xu Kun wiped his face vigorously but did not rush to drink the sour plum soup. It would be a disaster if he accidentally exploded his lung while filming an action scene in the hot summer.
Although he claimed that "I will be defeated if I use weapons", he actually believed in disguise that he would not be weaker than Zhang Jin in a hand-to-hand fight.
Both of them are talented players. Zhang Jin has a famous teacher to guide him, and Xu Kun has the physical advantage. If they really fight for their lives, it will depend on who is ruthless enough.
"Where does the sour plum soup come from?"
At this time, Producer Dong asked doubtfully: "I don't think I approved this funding?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Kun turned to look at Huang Bin, wondering if this kid was paying for special treatment out of his own pocket?
Huang Bin was also puzzled: "Didn't you arrange this?"
The three of them were staring at each other. Yin Tao, who was wearing a small camisole and fanning himself on the side, said vaguely, "This was specially given to our crew."
After she said this, the three of them understood.
It is true that Sun Donghai never came to the crew again, but his presence was indirectly felt from time to time.
Xu Kun hasn't found a way to turn the tables yet, so he can only ignore it for now.
After a short break, he said to everyone, "It's almost time to rest. Let's continue filming - first a long shot, then a close-up."
The reason why we emphasize close-ups is not to tell the cameraman, but to tell the main actors.
Because when shooting long shots, they can only wear full clothes.
But when taking close-ups with only the upper body showing, they can roll up their long gowns to their waists and wear only a pair of large shorts underneath.
Even Yin Tao is no exception.
She, Zhang Jin and Zhang Ruoyun were standing in a V-shape, with one speaking their lines seriously and three pairs of bare thighs below. They all wanted to take off their shoes and shove their feet into the silent fan.
At this time, Xu Kun was glad that he had foresight. If he had directed and acted in the play himself, let alone other things, the hot weather in June alone would have driven people crazy.
Of course, even if he was just a director, he wouldn't have a lot of free time. He had to communicate with various departments every day, especially the cameraman, and he would like to discuss every shot in detail.
When others were resting at night, he was still studying the storyboards.
The more Xu Kun studied, the more he felt that being a director was a difficult job.
Film and television dramas can be said to be a complex product of the collision of the minds of directors, screenwriters, and actors.
And because the director's personal color, world outlook and values will have the greatest impact on every aspect of the film, the director must try to maintain a certain degree of restraint and objectivity during the filming process.
Every idea that comes out of my head needs to be repeatedly self-examined: Is this shooting for my own pleasure? Will it be accepted by the audience? Is this metaphor too profound? Will it appear mediocre and vulgar if it is too straightforward?
After you have reflected on yourself, you should also seek the opinions of people around you and try to determine whether what they say is genuine or just flattery.
In short, every idea, from its birth to its implementation, has to be kneaded like dough, and by the time it finally reaches the camera, it has most likely become unrecognizable.
Then you start to worry about whether the product of this compromise is what the audience wants. With all these factors, it is no wonder that many directors are irritable when filming - worry hurts the spleen.
Of course, there are some talented directors who can make amazing works according to their own wishes; but most people act recklessly and can only make a bunch of hysterical garbage.
Xu Kun is not the former, nor does he want to be the latter.
So I could only grit my teeth and fight against my own thoughts and ideas.
But that night after work.
Zhang Ruoyun, wearing striped shorts and a small vest rolled up to her armpits, ran to Xu Kun and said, "Director Xu, do you think it's too late for me to start practicing martial arts now?"
"what?"
Xu Kun turned his attention away from QQ on his phone, glanced at him and asked, "Do you want to beat your father to his knees and beg for mercy?"
"I can do this even without learning martial arts!"
Zhang Ruoyun did a bodybuilding pose, and then explained: "I just saw that your and Jin Ge's movements are very handsome, so I also want to learn them. Maybe I can use them in future filming."
Although he looked rebellious when we first met, this boy was actually quite easy to get along with - his rebellion was just a silent protest against his father.
In addition, he felt that he and Xu Kun shared the same suffering, so he would pester Xu Kun with questions whenever he had the chance.
"It's good to learn."
Xu Kun nodded and said, "It's definitely too late for you to practice real kung fu at your age, but it's never too late to learn routines. You have average acting talent, so learning some martial arts routines will at least give you more career options in the future."
When Zhang Ruoyun heard him say that she had average acting talent, she immediately became unhappy, pouting like a donkey and looking stupid.
But Xu Kun doesn't hate such people.
Since he became famous, there are too many people around him who are deliberately trying to fawn on him. A middle school boy like this can serve as a diversion.
At this moment, a phone call suddenly came in. Xu Kun motioned him to get on the bus quickly, and then walked to the corner to answer the phone.
The call was from Lv Liping.
She successfully got in touch with Li Xiaoran these days, using the excuse of "missionary work".
Sun Haiying is a well-known "fanatic" in the circle, so it is normal for Lv Liping to help recruit people to preach.
It just so happened that Li Xiaoran had been emotionally unstable recently, and he could easily resonate with those religious theories. The two sides could be said to have hit it off immediately.
It took Lv Liping less than a week to become close and familiar with Li Xiaoran, and they even made an appointment to go to church together twice.
After more contact, she felt quite sympathetic towards Li Xiaoran's situation.
The girl was bewitched by Sun Donghai's sweet words at the beginning. Before he succeeded, Sun Donghai obeyed her in everything. However, after he tricked her into getting the girl, her true colors gradually showed up.
He first monitored her itinerary, and when Li Xiaoran questioned her, he started cursing at her, and later even started fighting.
What made Li Xiaoran most upset was that Sun Donghai even threatened her parents in person and sweared at them while pointing at their noses.
Xu Kun was not surprised that Sun Donghai beat and scolded Li Xiaoran, but he also had the same attitude towards Li Xiaoran's parents...
All I can say is that deep down, he never considered Li Xiaoran as an equal to himself.
After instructing Lü Liping to continue to find out more information, preferably about Sun Donghai's other bad behavior, Xu Kun hung up the phone.
This time the negative information is not yet ready, and when we collect more, we may be able to expose it to the Hong Kong and Taiwan media.
Based on Sun Donghai's background, the Hong Kong and Taiwan media will definitely give it a wide scoop.
However, this matter cannot be rushed. It is best to wait for the right opportunity, either wait for Sun Donghai to have another conflict with others, or wait for Xu Kun to have another fight with the Hong Kong and Taiwan media.
This way, Sun Haidong wouldn't be able to find out about him easily.
(End of this chapter)
